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المقال

20 سبتمبر 2005

الكاتب:
Nicholas Howen, Secretary-General, International Commission of Jurists

[DOC] Secretary-General of the International Commission of Jurists, Nicholas Howen, comments on the Yahoo! response

It is clear that national laws that violate international human rights standards are not acceptable under international law. I’m deeply concerned that the actions of Yahoo! have led to the imprisonment of a Chinese journalist, Shi Tao, for ten years for doing nothing more than exercising his right to freedom of expression, which is guaranteed by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

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